23 February 2017: News round-up FOSTER CARERS registered with Acorn Care and Education Group in parts of Wales, Norfolk and Luton could find themselves transferred to a new fostering employer to enable a merger between the National Fostering Agency and Acorn to go ahead. The move comes after the Competition and Markets Authority launched an…
16 February 2017: News Round-up DEATHS AMONG care leavers aged 18 to 21 could be seven times higher than the general population of the same age, figures obtained by the BBC via a freedom of information request are suggesting. They show 90 people who left care in the UK between 2012 and 2016 died in the…
9 February 2017: News round-up THE NATIONAL Fostering Agency’s acquisition of Acorn Care and Education Group is coming under further scrutiny from the government’s Competition and Markets Authority following the announcement of an initial investigation last autumn
2 February 2017: Spotlight on: Education Select Committee Inquiry into fostering NEARLY HALF of foster carers (45%) would not recommend fostering to other people, according the Fostering Network’s latest State of the Nation report into foster care.
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